Chapter 1573: Chapter 1573. Crossing the World.

Once Yasenia locked onto Cecile’s aura and direction, she didn’t hesitate. Her massive dragon wings unfurled behind her back, and her three dantians began churning energy to the point that her surroundings began trembling.

The maids and the others looked at how the massive celestial wings, with the Moon and Sun gleaming in them, extended, and Yasenia leaned down very slightly, her waist lowering.

Tatyana raised her hand, creating a shield in front of Feixue, and then Yasenia lunged.

Her leg muscles and tendons explosively pushed against the ground, and her extended wings flapped down, the air below them compressing to the point it became visible.

One second, Yasenia stood there, the next, the world below Yasenia burst as if she had accelerated in water and not solid land.

BOOM!!

The dragon tore through the world, the shockwave of her acceleration blasting a hole several kilometers wide into the earth. Moreover, as she accelerated, the friction of her body’s speed ignited the atmosphere, transforming her into a blazing shooting star until her energy began cushioning the effects.

Yasenia flapped her wings, her golden slit eyes overflowing with excitement. How long has it been since she saw her sweetheart? Before arriving, her emotions had actually been quite calm because of having met with all her lovers one by one.

So, while she was excited, Yasenia felt in control.

It wasn’t until the dormant link between them stretched and connected that all composure was lost. Calmness?

Yasenia and Cecile both felt their emotions, and as if they had fallen into a self-sustained chain reaction, excitement, longing, and eagerness overflowed.

Yasenia’s heart pumped as the world around her stretched due to her speed. Now with energy protecting her, she was not causing atmospheric spontaneous combustion, but the celestial energy surrounding her body as she soared became a line that stretched from end to end of the sky.

Many cultivators and other powerhouses couldn’t help but look, but even Sect Masters and other powerful beings were unable to perceive what had crossed at such unimaginable speed.

They could only look as the celestial blue shooting star traversed hundreds of thousands of kilometers as if it were nothing.

On the other end of the connection, Cecile could feel the speed of approach, making her heart tremble with shock. ’So fast!?’

She had expected Yasenia to become incredibly strong after meeting again. Her dragoness was not someone who stayed with her arms crossed. Cecile knew very well that where Yasenia went, she would search for opportunities with endless voracity and swallow all that could increase her strength, even if it was just a little.

Therefore, she had been doing the same. Secret realms, ancient tombs, tournaments, sect inheritances, resources... Cecile has also moved around busily and lived in environments that allowed for her strength to soar as quickly as possible.

As a result, Cecile’s realm and Intent Domains had reached the fourth level. Moreover, her current strength, even in this world where many powerhouses lived, was among the very top without even reaching the limit of the Heavenly Layer realm-wise.

Even then... Cecile felt the distance between herself and Yasenia close, and her mouth became dry. ’Fast doesn’t do her justice. She is basically tearing through the distance of several million kilometers as if it was nothing.’

Above all, as the connection became clear, Cecile could also feel the strength being transmitted through the connection. The feeling was like staring at a small cosmos. Profound, mysterious, and full of power.

Cecile knew just from this feeling that she was not Yasenia’s match. Not even close. Yasenia had become an existence beyond her wildest dreams, which was absolutely terrifying.

Her heart thumped, her cheeks gaining a faint blush. As Yasenia’s soulmate, having such a powerful soulmate was nothing but a dreamy situation. Even if she was a bit reluctant that she had not become too strong, the sense of both security and arousal that Yasenia’s boundless strength transmitted through their link was enough to make her ever-stiff expression blush like a shy girl.

Those around her had been stunned by her previous smile, and now that she added a shy blush to her peerless facial features, some nearby maids felt their noses getting hot as blood began to flow down.

Xinghong Wang, though, was not like that. At first, he had been ecstatic to see Cecile’s smile. However, as Cecile looked in a certain direction and even blushed, that delight twisted. He realized that Cecile was not making such an expression for him, but for something else that was probably approaching from the direction Cecile was looking at.

Clara glanced at Xinghong Wang’s expression, but she didn’t move. She had already been brought up to date about Yasenia’s exploits the second the other maids arrived at the world through the communication device.

So, to her, the man and even the entire empire were nothing but a slightly larger ant that her Young Miss could stomp down with her tyrannical strength.

Of course, just in case, Clara stood by Cecile’s side, her muscles tense and energy flowing.

"Cecile, why are you smiling!?"

Hearing the man’s shout, Cecile snapped out of her excited daze. Instantly, the shyly smiling expression transformed back into her usual expressionless face. Her icy blue eyes, with a faint frown above them, glared over. "Noisy."

Her Yasenia was rushing over, and this man was screaming by her side with such an ugly expression. What if he interfered in her awaited reunion with her soulmate? For a second, just that thought made her icy-blue eyes flash with killing intent. She considered killing him so that there would not be interference, but eventually, she decided against it.

’What if the entire empire began acting up? That would be many times more annoying. Either way, once Yasenia arrives, she will silence everyone.’

Absolute confidence. Those were Cecile’s true feelings toward Yasenia. In her opinion, in front of Yasenia, few could lift their heads, much less cause a ruckus, before they were slapped away like annoying flies.

After hearing Cecile’s single-word rebuttal, Xinghong Wang’s feelings toward Cecile twisted even more. Even if he was a talent and someone with a rather good disposition, the fact that he had tricked Cecile into becoming his "wife" through a deal spoke volumes of his obsession with the Phoenix Girl.

"Noisy!? Cecile Dravory, I had thought of slowly spending time with you, but if you act that way, I will be unable to hold back."

He was patient... that was if there were no threats. In his opinion, Cecile was a cold woman toward everyone. So, he was patient. He didn’t mind spending a very long time slowly courting her.

Sadly, that patience was blown away with one slap to the face when he saw Cecile’s shy, smiling looks. In his mind, he realized that it wasn’t that Cecile was emotionless, but that she was emotionless toward everyone... except whoever caused her to smile like that.

This was also his misunderstanding, as Cecile was not emotionless, but just indifferent and aloof. She cared for those close to her, but to become close to her, much work needed to be done.

Cecile heard his words, and her faintly frowning eyebrows creased a touch more. "Hold back?"

She was confused, not angry. ’What is this guy talking about?’

His statements were so baffling to her that she could not understand their meaning. She was indifferent toward him to the point that the blatant possessiveness and twisted love didn’t even register in Cecile’s head.

Xinghong Wang spoke with a tense expression. "Yes. Hold back. I don’t know who you were smiling towards, but remember that you are in the heart of my Scarlet Sun Empire. Here, my words are law!"

With a shout, his voice boomed out. "Close out the capital! Whoever is coming, stop them and capture them!"

The Scarlet Sun Emperor heard his crown prince’s words and blinked, confused. "What happened for little Wang to speak these words?"

The empress by his side sighed. "Who knows. Let’s go see, just in case. Also, first open the barrier and then ask. We can’t allow things to go wrong simply because we are unaware of what’s going on."

The Scarlet Sun Emperor naturally knew, so he had allowed for the Scarlet Sun City’s defensive formation to activate and prohibit all those who wanted to enter and exit from doing so.

Then, he quickly moved and arrived at Cecile’s courtyard, only to see his usually calm and elegant son glaring with an incredibly twisted expression at the woman he had carried the other day.

"What is going on, Little Wang?"

Before he continued speaking, Cecile’s cool and pleasant voice reached him. "Scarlet Sun Emperor, open the defensive formation if you don’t want this place to become a ruin."

The reason she spoke these words was that she was hired to protect this place. Of course, she would not stop Yasenia actively, but if she could prevent her from destroying everything with a few words, she would.

"What do you mean?"

Cecile, feeling the shrinking distance between Yasenia and herself, spoke while looking at him. "Scarlet Sun—"

"Silence, Cecile! Who are you to speak to my father!?"

Cecile ignored the tantrum of the prince. "This time, I ask you to trust me. I don’t know why Prince Xinghong is acting up. However, you must absolutely avoid confrontation with she who is coming."

The Empress had naturally spoken with Cecile in the past. After all, she was the princess that her most outstanding son had chosen. Therefore, she knew that while this child was one of few words, she never spoke nonsense.

Still, she was now forced to choose between her son and the outsider woman. ’...It seems that my son is not in his right mind. That expression of his is abnormal.’

That thought prompted her to look at her husband and speak. "Husband, I think you should listen."

"NEVER!" The prince spoke loudly. "I am telling you, if you open the shield, I will never forgive you."

At those words, the Scarlet Sun Emperor’s eyes cooled down. "Open it."

"FATHER!"

Did he, the Emperor of one of the strongest empires in the world, need to be scolded by his crown prince? He was naturally not stupid and could tell that Cecile’s words were not spoken from nowhere.

Still, he looked at Cecile coldly. "Explain quickly. Who is coming that even this emperor should be afraid of?"

Cecile answered simply. "My wife."

The prince froze.

The Empress’s eyes widened.

The Emperor’s jaw slackened a touch.

Clara, looking at everyone’s stupefied reactions, felt her facial muscles cramp as she held back from bursting into full-blown laughter.

"H-Huh!? W-What do you mean?" Even the prince’s anger was overshadowed by pure confusion.

Cecile blinked her icy blue eyes. "My wife is coming. She is from the dragon clan, and her strength is immeasurable. Be careful not to anger her. I am telling you because I was hired as your bodyguard for good resources."

The words that came out of her mouth were like knife stabs at the prince’s heart, while the Empress felt a touch awkward. ’Um... so the child I thought would be my daughter-in-law likes women?’

Recalling the few times she bathed with her, a strange flustering feeling came to her.

Meanwhile, the Emperor finally reacted. He frowned. "Dragon Clan? While I admit they are a strong clan, I don’t recall there being anyone whose strength is enough to threaten us."

Cecile was about to speak, but feeling through her connection, she cut it short. "She’s here."

Following Cecile’s gaze toward the sky, a boundless pressure, as if a god were descending, covered the Scarlet Sun Capital.

In the sky above them, a dragon woman with unfurled and leisurely flapping wings appeared. Looking at her, even the usually calm Empress blushed. ’Heavens... no wonder my ex-daughter-in-law likes that woman.’